Brain 17 Vienna

Low Grade and High Grade Gliomas

• Difficult to treat due to their propensity to infiltrate deep into surrounding parenchyma

• An increasing body of evidence suggests that extent of surgical resection affect  both overall and progression-free survival  Time to malignant transformation  Seizure control

• Predictive of patient outcome:  Extent of resection  Age  Tumour histology 

Molecular Markers (1p19q Co-deletion, IDH status, MGMT Meth, ATRX Mut)